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SURFACE-WATER STATIONS, IN DOWNSTREAM ORDER, FOR WHICH RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE 2014 WATER YEAR ANNUAL DATA REPORT [Letter after station name designates type of data: (b) biological, (c) chemical, (cs) crest-stage gage, (d) discharge, (e) elevation, (g) gage height, (m) minor element, (mm) miscellaneous measurement site, (n) nutrient, (o) organic, (p) pesticide, (s) sediment, (t) water temperature, (v) contents] Station number Upper Susquehanna Watershed East Sidney Lake at East Sidney (v) ...................................................................... 01499500 Ouleout Creek at East Sidney (d) .......................................................................... 01500000 Susquehanna River at Unadilla (cs) ....................................................................... 01500500 Unadilla River at Rockdale (d) ............................................................................... 01502500 Susquehanna River at Bainbridge (d) .................................................................... 01502632 Susquehanna River at Windsor (d) ........................................................................ 01502731 Susquehanna River at Conklin (d) ......................................................................... 01503000 Susquehanna River at Binghamton (e) .................................................................. 01503500 Chenango Watershed Chenango River at Eaton (cs) ................................................................................ 01503980 Chenango River at Sherburne (d) .......................................................................... 01505000 Chenango River at Oxford (d) ................................................................................ 01505810 Chenango River at Greene (d) ............................................................................... 01507000 Tioughnioga River at Cortland (d) .......................................................................... 01509000 Tioughnioga River at Lisle (cs) ............................................................................... 01509520 Otselic River at Cincinnatus (d) .............................................................................. 01510000 Merrill Creek Tributary near Texas Valley (cs) ....................................................... 01510610 Whitney Point Lake at Whitney Point (v) ................................................................ 01511000 Tioughnioga River at Itaska (cs)............................................................................. 01511500 Chenango River near Chenango Forks (d) ............................................................ 01512500 Susquehanna River at Vestal (d) ........................................................................... 01513500 Owego Wappasening Watershed Susquehanna River at Owego (d) .......................................................................... 01513831 Owego Creek near Owego (cs) .............................................................................. 01514000 Catatonk Creek near Owego (cs) ........................................................................... 01514801 Susquehanna River near Waverly (d) .................................................................... 01515000 Tioga Watershed Tioga River near Lindley (d) ................................................................................... 01520500 Arkport Reservoir near Arkport (e) ......................................................................... 01521000 Canisteo River at Arkport (d) .................................................................................. 01521500 Big Creek near Howard (cs) ................................................................................... 01521596 Almond Lake near Almond (v) ................................................................................ 01523000 Canacadea Creek near Hornell (d) ........................................................................ 01523500 Canisteo River below Canacadea Creek, at Hornell (d) ......................................... 01524500 Canisteo River at West Cameron (d) ..................................................................... 01525500 Tuscarora Creek above South Addison (d) ............................................................ 01525981 Tioga River near Erwins (d) ................................................................................... 01526500 Chemung Watershed Cohocton River at Avoca (d) .................................................................................. 01527500 Cohocton River at Bath (cs) ................................................................................... 01528320 Cohocton River near Campbell (d) ......................................................................... 01529500 Chemung River at Corning (d) ............................................................................... 01529950 Cuthrie Run near Big Flats (cs) .............................................................................. 01530301 Chemung River at Elmira (d) .................................................................................. 01530332 Chemung River at Chemung (d) ............................................................................ 01531000 Upper Allegheny Watershed Root Creek at Davis Street at Bolivar (g) ............................................................... 03010674 Dodge Creek at Portville (g) ................................................................................... 03010720 Ischua Creek Tributary near Machias (cs) ............................................................. 03010734 Allegheny River at Olean (d) .................................................................................. 03010820 Allegheny River at Salamanca (d,t) ........................................................................ 03011020 i SURFACE-WATER STATIONS, IN DOWNSTREAM ORDER, FOR WHICH RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE 2014 WATER YEAR ANNUAL DATA REPORT --Continued Station number Conewango Watershed Chautauqua Lake at Bemus Point (e) .................................................................... 03013946 Chadakoin River at Falconer (d) ............................................................................ 03014500 Chautauqua – Conneaut Watershed Canadaway Creek at Fredonia (cs)........................................................................ 04213376 Cattaraugus Watershed Cattaraugus Creek at Gowanda (d,c,n,o,s,t) .......................................................... 04213500 Buffalo – Eighteenmile Watershed Buffalo Creek at Gardenville (d) ............................................................................. 04214500 Cayuga Creek near Lancaster (d) .......................................................................... 04215000 Cazenovia Creek at Ebenezer (d) .......................................................................... 04215500 Lake Erie Watershed Lake Erie at Buffalo, NY (e) ................................................................................... 04215900 Niagara Watershed Niagara River at Buffalo (d) .................................................................................... 04216000 Black Rock Canal at Black Rock Lock, Buffalo (e) ................................................. 04216218 Niagara River at Black Rock Lock, Buffalo (e) ....................................................... 04216220 Tonawanda Creek at Attica (d) .............................................................................. 04216418 Tonawanda Creek at Batavia (d) ........................................................................... 04217000 Tonawanda Creek at Rapids (d) ............................................................................ 04218000 Ellicott Creek below Williamsville (d) ...................................................................... 04218518 Seneca Watershed Erie (Barge) Canal at Lock 30, Macedon (d) .......................................................... 04219000 Oak Orchard – Twelvemile Watershed Eighteenmile Creek at Newfane (cs) ...................................................................... 04219767 Oak Orchard Creek near Shelby (d) ....................................................................... 04220045 Oak Orchard Creek near Kenyonville (d) ............................................................... 0422016550 Northrup Creek at North Greece (d,c,n,t) ............................................................... 0422026250 Upper Genesee Watershed Genesee River at Wellsville (d) .............................................................................. 04221000 Genesee River at Portageville (d) .......................................................................... 04223000 Mount Morris Lake near Mount Morris (e) ............................................................. 04224000 Canaseraga Creek above Dansville (d) ................................................................. 04224775 Stony Brook Tributary at South Dansville (cs) ........................................................ 04224807 Canaseraga Creek at Shakers Crossing (d) .......................................................... 04227000 Genesee River near Mount Morris (d) .................................................................... 04227500 Lower Genesee Watershed Conesus Lake near Lakeville (e) ............................................................................ 04227980 Conesus Creek near Lakeville (d) 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